At our Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, teams are testing tools and developing training approaches for lunar surface operations and moonwalks NASA Astronauts will conduct during Artemis missions. đ
This Friday, watch live as we speak with astronauts conducting the training underwater! Stay tuned for details on how to watch.
As earth becomes less habitable due to the climate emergency, The Astroland Agency are working out how humans could colonize Mars by 2035. Before the pandemic, we spent time with them to learn how that would work.
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A radar image of Chinaâs Tiangong-1 space station, which ceased operation in 2018. Beijing has announced plans for a permanent space station by 2022. Image: Fraunhofer Institute FHR via AP.
At the south pole of Jupiter lurks a striking sightâeven for a gas giant planet covered in colorful bands that sports a red spot larger than the earth. Down near the south pole of the planet, mostly hidden from the prying eyes of humans, is a collection of swirling storms arranged in an unusually geometric pattern.
Since they were first spotted by NASAâs Juno space probe in 2019, the storms have presented something of a mystery to scientists. The storms are analogous to hurricanes on Earth. However, on our planet, hurricanes do not gather themselves at the poles and twirl around each other in the shape of a pentagon or hexagon, as do Jupiterâs curious storms.
Now, a research team working in the lab of Andy Ingersoll, Caltech professor of planetary science, has discovered why Jupiterâs storms behave so strangely. They did so using math derived from a proof written by Lord Kelvin, a British mathematical physicist and engineer, nearly 150 years ago.
Space robotics startup GITAI and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are teaming up to produce the worldâs first robotics demonstration in space by a private company. The new agreement under the JAXA Space Innovation through Partnership and Co-creation (J-SPARC) initiative aims to demonstrate the potential for robots to automate of the processing of specific tasks aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Robotics is altering many aspects of our lives in many fields and one where it is particularly attractive is in the exploration and exploitation of space. Ironically, the great strides made in manned spaceflight since the first Vostok mission lifted off in 1961 have shown that not only is supporting astronauts in orbit challenging and expensive, there are also many tasks, like microgravity experiments, where the human touch isnât the best choice.
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NASAâS Juno spacecraft snapped this âdramatic imageâ of an eclipse shadow passing over Jupiter, caused by its volcanic moon Io.
Even though itâs a month away from completing its primary task of capturing a sample, NASAâs OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission has already set records and revealed some surprising things about the asteroid Bennu: youtu.be/j_hSNBmpuqY
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A new mini-moon might be about to join Earthâs orbit briefly, before being hurled back into space.
âMinimoonsâ are only a few feet across, and each tends to do a stint of around a few months in orbit â before resuming their previous lives as asteroids.
The âcore space operatorsâ deployed by the U.S. militaryâs controversial newest branch arenât in orbit, theyâre in Qatar.
